Daniel Dale

Daniel Dale @ddale8

Viral tweets saying Marjorie Taylor Greene refused to applaud Zelensky are *false.* She was a pretty tepid clapper, but full footage shows she clapped 4 times: when Zelensky appeared, when the UKR ambassador was noted, when Pelosi said Slava Ukraini, when Zelensky concluded. 1/ — PolitiTweet.org

Daniel Dale @ddale8

@william_lou Early in the game they just look at those clock plays at a timeout, but this late they check immediately — PolitiTweet.org

Daniel Dale @ddale8

RT @ngleicher: 1/ Earlier today, our teams identified and removed a deepfake video claiming to show President Zelensky issuing a statement… — PolitiTweet.org

Daniel Dale @ddale8

RT @KhayaHimmelman: This clip has been deceptively edited. What we don't see in the edit is that the journalist actually asked two question… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @claresduffy: The war in Ukraine is the latest in a long list of crises that have spurred the spread of harmful misinformation. But the… — PolitiTweet.org

Daniel Dale @ddale8

Here’s Biden’s public schedule for today. (Public schedules don’t include all of a president’s activities.) https://t.co/k1dcM27Rru — PolitiTweet.org

Daniel Dale @ddale8

RT @Shayan86: It's day 21 of Russia-Ukraine war. A terrible deepfake of President Zelensky calling on Ukrainian troops to lay down their a… — PolitiTweet.org

Daniel Dale @ddale8

Members who don't meet target of spending 2% GDP on defence don't "owe" Two-thirds of members still below 2% in 2021 Substantial Trump-era spending hikes - but hikes started under Obama in 2015, after Russia annexed Crimea and members recommitted to 2% https://t.co/Lu86rOwXXy — PolitiTweet.org

Daniel Dale @ddale8

Every single non-dog-post time I stray from my don’t-read-Twitter-replies policy, I so deeply regret it. Wild times out here on the internet — PolitiTweet.org

Daniel Dale @ddale8

There are lots of people now tweeting that Boebert made up this person or this person was not an American. I’m telling people that this person is a genuine American Biden critic, just one whose late son’s rank Boebert got wrong. I’m very much not sure why this is bad. — PolitiTweet.org

Daniel Dale @ddale8

I’m so confused. Boebert said she got a letter from Shana Chappell, mom of a slain “lt. corporal.” Vindman suggested that she maybe got a letter from a foreigner, since the US doesn’t have that rank. I explained Shana Chappell is an American, mom of a slain *lance* corporal. — PolitiTweet.org

Daniel Dale @ddale8

There’s no relevant “benefit of the doubt” issue here. Vindman hinted that Boebert, having said “lieutenant corporal,” may have gotten this note from a foreigner - but Boebert made clear the note was from Shana Chappell, an American mother of an American lance corporal. — PolitiTweet.org

Daniel Dale @ddale8

Shana Chappell is the American mother of Marine Lance Cpl. Kareem Nikoui, who was killed in the Kabul attack. Chappell, a Trump supporter, has been a scathing critic of Biden. Boebert mistakenly said “lieutenant” instead of “Lance,” but Chappell is a real US person. — PolitiTweet.org

Daniel Dale @ddale8

The narrative, sometimes explicit claims: the “energy independent” US stopped importing foreign energy under Trump (false), then Biden shut down American energy (false), and so the US had to suddenly restart purchases from Russia (false): https://t.co/7IXD2XmJbC — PolitiTweet.org

Daniel Dale @ddale8

The US imported lots of foreign energy throughout Trump’s term. US energy imports from Russia increased sharply during Trump’s term. Here’s what “energy independence” - a political term, not a literal term - actually means and doesn’t mean: https://t.co/7IXD2XmJbC — PolitiTweet.org

Daniel Dale @ddale8

Prominent Republicans have strongly suggested that the Trump-era US didn’t import foreign energy in general or Russian energy in particular. That’s totally false. An explainer on the very-non-literal, disdained-by-experts phrase “energy independence”: https://t.co/7IXD2XmJbC — PolitiTweet.org

Daniel Dale @ddale8

@timkmak Great stuff Tim. Your Twitter threads have been superb in addition to your formal pieces — PolitiTweet.org

Daniel Dale @ddale8

Here’s Biden’s public schedule for tomorrow. (Public schedules don’t include all of a president’s activities.) https://t.co/BgUtXgOaaF — PolitiTweet.org

Daniel Dale @ddale8

Really enjoying the Playing-the-Lakers Experience so far — PolitiTweet.org

Daniel Dale @ddale8

@michaelgrange Man I was just wistfully reminiscing about being under 33 years old and being like “remember when I was too young to stay up for 1030 games lol.” Now it’s like “am I really going to do this to myself tonight” — PolitiTweet.org

Daniel Dale @ddale8

@patriottakes I’m providing accurate information about a viral tweet that has led a whole bunch of people astray. All the best. — PolitiTweet.org

Daniel Dale @ddale8

@patriottakes If you want to argue he implied he armed people, that’s cool. But your caption says he said it, and he didn’t say it. More significantly, he didn’t say his weapons-wheeling practice was special for Jan 6, as a whole lot of people in your replies are taking the caption to suggest. — PolitiTweet.org

Daniel Dale @ddale8

(Even if a member of Congress did get extra-armed on the 6th, that wouldn’t suggest anything criminal; they’re allowed to carry at the Capitol, and you could even find analysts on Twitter warning the day was going to be violent. In summary: not-great video captioning.) — PolitiTweet.org

Daniel Dale @ddale8

There are tons of replies to the effect of “how did he know he needed to bring weapons on that day?!!” He always has weapons, he didn’t say he handed out weapons (much less to rioters), and he didn’t say anything here to suggest he brought special weapons on the 6th. — PolitiTweet.org

Daniel Dale @ddale8

Cawthorn did not say he armed people around him; he said the people around him are armed. He also didn’t make any link between the Capitol riot and how he uses his wheelchair to carry weapons - he just said that’s what he does, as we already know. — PolitiTweet.org

Daniel Dale @ddale8

Russian ambassador: "She is featured here, rushing down the stairwell. Here she changed clothes and she has been brought on the stretcher." In reality, it's very obviously different women in the two photos. https://t.co/c5sw8CLdmD — PolitiTweet.org

Daniel Dale @ddale8

@MarquardtA Fantastic work Alex. — PolitiTweet.org

Daniel Dale @ddale8

Russia's UK embassy had put a "FAKE" stamp over a photo of this woman on a stretcher, falsely claiming that she was the same woman photographed walking around in different clothing in other photos. (The two women don't even look alike.) https://t.co/61rGN0sRz7 — PolitiTweet.org

Daniel Dale @ddale8

Here’s Biden’s public schedule for tomorrow. (Public schedules don’t include all of a president’s activities.) https://t.co/LZ24uPJeCP — PolitiTweet.org

Daniel Dale @ddale8

@aedwardslevy This is so much fun, look at it — PolitiTweet.org